Course

Unit 1

Review of the Laws of Thermodynamics – Introduction to Engineering Applications of Thermodynamic Equilibrium – Quasi-static Process – Cyclic Process – Work and Heat – Application of First Law for Open and Closed Systems: Typical Work Transfer and Heat Transfer Devices – Perfect Gas – Equation of State – Specific Heats – Real Gas Models – Compressibility Chart – Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids – Pure Substance – Phase-change Process of Pure Substance – P-V-T Surface – Steam Tables.

Unit 2

Introduction to the Application of Second Law of Thermodynamics – Heat Engine – Heat Pump –Refrigerator – Irreversible Processes – Reversible Processes – Carnot Cycle – Carnot Engine – Carnot Theorems – Clausius Inequality – Concept of Entropy and Entropy Change – Introduction to Compressibility and Compressible Flow – Propagation of Sound – Mach number.

Unit 3

Thermodynamic Property Relations: Cyclic Rule, Maxwell Relations, T-D-S Equations – Clausius-Clapeyron Euation – Joule-Thomson coefficient and Inversion Line – Fundamentals of Power cycles: Air Standard Otto and Diesel Cycles, Rankine Cycle, Reversed Carnot Cycle, Brayton Cycle and its Application in Propulsion Systems. Use of applets for thermodynamics cycle calculations – Processes with heat addition – Demonstration of parametric studies for design.

Course Objectives

• To familiarize the students with the application of various law of thermodynamics
• To study the application of heat and work transfer processes in the energy extraction efficiencies using air standard cycles

Course Outcomes

CO1: Apply the first law of thermodynamics to various forms of work and energy interactions that can occur.

CO2: Apply the understandings of phase change process of pure substances to the flow and non-flow process devices CO3: Apply second law of thermodynamics and entropy concepts for determining the thermal efficiencies of heat engines and analyze the reversibility or irreversibility of a process using change in entropy

CO4: Apply ideal cycle analysis to simple heat engine cycles to estimate thermal efficiency and work as a function of pressures and temperatures at various points in the cycle.

CO-PO Mapping

Evaluation Pattern

• CA – Can be Quizzes, Assignment, Projects, and Reports

Text Book(s)

Cengel, Y.A. and Boles, M.A., “Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach,” Tata McGraw, 2002. Saad, M.A., ‘Thermodynamics: Principles and Practice,” Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1998.

 Reference(s)

Borganakke, S. and Wylen V., “Fundamentals of Thermodynamics,” Wiley, New York, 2003.